胡 须 hú xū beard / CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3] 胡 子 hú zi beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] / (coll.) bandit 须 beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel 胡 beard / mustache / whiskers 髯 beard / whiskers 耏 beard 髯 须 rán xū beard / whiskers 长 出 zhǎng chū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) 须 发 xū fà hair and beard 老 生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) 络 腮 胡 子 luò sāi hú zi full beard 芒 种 Máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 6th-20th June 拉 碴 lā chā (of beard etc) stubbly / scraggly / unkempt 蓄 须 明 志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 头 发 胡 子 一 把 抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all 胡 茬 hú chá beard stubble 胡 髭 hú zī beard and mustache 髯 口 rán kou artificial beard worn by Chinese opera actors 胡 碴 hú chā beard stubble / Taiwan pr. [hu2 cha2] 磨 刀 不 误 砍 柴 工 mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved 龙 须 糖 lóng xū táng dragon's beard candy, a Chinese confection made from floured taffy pulled into flossy strands
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